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November 23, 2025

Confirming Your Calling (Part 6): Excursus on “The Almost Christian Discovered” | 2 Peter 1:7 and Selected Scriptures --------------------------- Sermon Outline------------------------------- A LONG Introduction: The Almost Christian Discovered by the Puritan Matthew Mead In Mead's Introduction - he gives his central thesis: "There are very many in the world that are almost and, yet, but almost Christians." Should true Christians despair of hope / assurance? 1. "How far may a man go in the way to heaven and yet be but almost a Christian?" 2. Section III. A man may have a high profession of religion, be much in external duties of godliness, and yet be but almost a Christian 3. Section IV. To come yet nearer, a man may go far in opposing his sin [even hate his sin] and yet be but almost a Christian ("All sin may be chained and yet the heart not changed") 4. Section VIII. A man may be a member of the church of Christ, he may join himself to the people of God, partake with them in all ordinances, and share of all church privileges and yet be but almost a Christian 5. Section IX. A man may have great hopes of heaven, great hopes of being saved, and yet be but almost a Christian 6. Section X. A man may be under great and visible changes, and these wrought by the ministry of the Word, and yet be but almost a Christian 7. Section XI. A man may be very zealous in the matters of religion and yet be but almost a Christian 8. Section XII. A man may be much in prayer. He may pray often and pray much and yet be but almost a Christian. So did the Pharisees whom yet our Lord Christ rejected for hypocrites. 9. Section XX. A man may do all as to external duties and worship that a true Christian can and, when he has one all, be but almost a Christian. II. Salvation's Service: The Believer's Faithfulness (5-9) A. Faithfulness Demonstrated Through Seven Virtues (5-7) B. Faithfulness Contrasted with Vice (8-9) 1. What lies in our hearts? 2. Boil it down to two basic areas: a. What do you believe? b. How do you behave? Conclusion . . .

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Happy three years of the AfterWord! Another special guest joins us to share their journey of understanding spiritual gifts. Together, we explore how they can be used, the tensions that may arise, and how, in the end, these gifts draw our eyes to God.

Before moving onto the next chapter of 1 Corinthians, we pause to do a deep dive into each of the gifts mentioned by Paul. What are they, and how can they be used at The Town Church? 

Il 'Mistero' più grande? Scoprire cosa succede l'anno prossimo!Speciale Martin Mystere 42 "Il mistero di Martin Mystere - parte 1", curato da Alex Dante, scritto e disegnato da AA.VV., edito dalla Sergio Bonelli Editore.

What Jesus might have told the Emmaus travelers.

This is a study of the New Testament character of Mark based on the research of Dr. Thomas C. Oden.

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Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 34): Progressive Creationism – Integrating the Scientific Evidence with the Genesis Narrative

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 33)

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 32)

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 31): Examining the Thesis of Common Ancestry

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 30): Three Aspects of the Evolutionary Paradigm

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 29): Methodological Naturalism

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 28): Is Genesis 1 in Conflict With the Theory of Evolution?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 27): Scientific Evidence Pertinent to the Origin and Evolution of Biological Complexity

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 26): Paul's Use of Adam in Romans 5

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 25): Paul's Use of Adam in 1 Corinthians 15

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 24): New Testament Authors' Use of the Literary Adam

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 23): Adam in the New Testament

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 22): The Central Truths Expressed in Genesis 1-11

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 21): Why Read Genesis 1-3 Figuratively?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 20): Why Think Genesis 1-11 is Mytho-History?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 19): The Plasticity and Flexibility of ANE Myths

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 18): Is the Biblical Primeval History To Be Understood as Literally True?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 17): The Genre of Mytho-History

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 16): Genealogies in Genesis 1-11 (continued)

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 15): Genealogies in Genesis 1-11

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 14): Etiological Motifs in Genesis 2

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 13): Did Genesis Borrow From Babylonian Myths?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 12): Examining the Supposed Parallels Between Genesis and Egyptian Myths

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 11): An Assessment of the Monotheistic Hebrew Myth Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 10):The Monotheistic Hebrew Myth Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 9): A Critique of John Walton's Functional Creation Interpretation, Part 2

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 8): A Critique of John Walton's Functional Creation Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 7): The Literary Framework and the Functional Creation Interpretations

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 6): The Days of Divine Proclamation Interpretation

Proverbs 4:23 October 23, 2024 Pastor Nick Shaffer

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 5): The Day-Age Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 4): The Gap and Day-Gap Interpretations

Proverbs 4:23 October 9, 2024 Pastor Nick Shaffer

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 3): A Critique of the Literal Interpretation

Proverbs 4:23, Part 4 October 2, 2024 Pastor Nick Shaffer

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 2): The Literal Interpretation

Proverbs 4:23 September 25, 2024 Pastor Nick Shaffer

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 1): Hermeneutical Principles and Concordism